Nation: Rampage in New Jersey

Political Boss Frank ("I am the law") Hague put Jersey City on the map
by making it the most corrupt municipality in the U.S. When Hague's
30-year stranglehold was finally broken in 1949, Jersey City seemed
destined for lingering obscurity. But last week that drab, gritty city
(pop. 275,000) was back on the map again. For three nights, hundreds of
Negroes rioted, looted and tossed fire bombs in a racial rampage that
was grimly reminiscent of last month's Harlem and Rochester violence.

It began when police were called to Ward F, a slum-ridden and
low-income-housing area that is home to most of...